loyalty. Hofstede’s typology is operationalized in this study to empirically examine the cultural effects on consumers loyalty itentions. In this study is used Structural Equation Modelling. Keywords: Culture studies‚ Brand Loyalty‚ Store Loyalty‚ Hofstede‚ Structural Equation Modelling. 1. Introduction Marketing practices in general are shaped under marketing environment conditions‚ specifically culture. Researchers has shown that culture has a strong influence on the values‚ perceptions and actions
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whether this participation will help with the acceptance of the leader’s program. The other factors are the importance and complexity of the decision‚ the size and structure of the organization‚ and also the type of the organizational culture. In Geert Hofstede’s investigations of national culture‚ he introduced the power distance as one of the five dimensions. The power distance is the extent to which people accept social hierarchies or unequal distributions between individuals. High-power distance
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INTRODUCTION METHOD WHY JAPAN? DEFINITION OF CULTURE AND VALUES HOFSTEDE’S VALUE DIMENSIONS POWER DISTANCE UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE COLLECTIVISM VERSUS INDIVIDUALISM FEMININITY VERSUS MASCULINITY LONG-TERM VERSUS SHORT-TERM ORIENTATION CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HOFSTEDE EDWARD HALL CULTURAL DIMENSIONS 4 6 7 9 11 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 19 20 21 23 25 26 28 30 40 43 47 59 61 64 65 8.1 CONFUCIANISM 8.2 IE 8.3 THE WA-CONCEPT 8.4 ISOLATION 8.5 UNIQUENESS 8.6 WESTERN INFLUENCE 9. 9.1 10. 11. 12. 13. JAPANESE NEGOTIATOR
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between China and its culturally different Western partners continues to increase at an unprecedented无前例的 rate. This paper presents an understanding on the general cultural differences between America and China by applying the cultural dimensions of Hofstede and Bond. It also discusses the impact of these cultural differences on their management practice from five aspects: cooperative strategies‚ conflict management‚ decision-making‚ work-group characteristics‚ and motivation systems. Key words: national
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ALLIANCE BUSINESS SCHOOL SUBJECT- GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT NO.-1 DATE: 02/03/11 SUBMITTED TO: Prof. M V NARASIMHAN SUBMITTED BY: Akshay Shah Answer: 1 IMPACT OF POLITICAL TURMOIL IN EGYPT ON GLOBAL BUSINESS: Political turbulence in Egypt in casting a poll on world financial markets driving up the prices of crude oil & food and creating new risks for the shaky world economy in the months ahead. Following are the impacts of political turmoil in Egypt on global
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Theoretical Framework." University of Vienna. www.amsreview.org/articles/srnka01-2004.pdf (accessed July 2‚ 2010). Luthans‚ F.‚ Doh‚ J.P. (2009). International management. Culture‚ strategy‚ and behaviour. New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin Companies‚ Inc. Hofstede‚G Browaeys‚ M.J.‚ Price‚ R. (2008). Understanding cross-cultural management. Pearson Education Ltd.
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dynamic virtual enterprises. International Journal of Computing Systems Science‚ 15(5)‚ p.277–290. Hammond‚ R.‚ Keeney‚ L. & Raiffa‚ H.‚ 1999. Smart Choises: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions. Boston: MA: Harvard Business School Press. Hofstede‚ G.‚ 1991. Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. UK: McGraw Hill. Kaplan‚ S.N. & Minton‚ B.A.‚ 2008. How Has CEO Turnover Changed? USA: Ohio State University. Kaplan‚ S. & Sawhney‚ M.‚ 2000. e-Hubs: The new B-2-B marketplaces. Harvard
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The Power Distance - Power distance describes the degree of equality between different people within a particular society or group. Also described Hofstede‚ as: “power distance is the extent to which people expect and are willing to accept that power is distributed unequally. Inequality of power is a basic fact of life. It cannot be 100% eliminated. It is impossible to have no power distance‚ because this means that everyone is exactly equal (skills‚ actions‚ genetics etc) unless you are on about
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The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas Nancy Kelley University of Phoenix MBA 501: Forces Influencing Business in the 21st Century A. Lutz February 2007 Globalization and overseas business expansion has brought about the need for in-depth understanding of culture differentiation. When conducting or contemplating cross cultural business ventures‚ it is important to understand the culture before communicating one ’s desires. This paper will focus on the cross cultural challenges
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